Like Magic!
Posted on | September 24, 2010 | 34 Comments
In politics, self-deprecating humor wins. Take the joke and turn it around. Show them that you have a sense of humor about yourself. People made fun of Ronald Reagan as a “B-movie” actor, so he’d crack jokes about that. When they said he was too old to be president, he made jokes about his age.
Christine O’Donnell could make some of this stuff work for her. For instance: “Chris Coons raised taxes three times in four years. I think he should have abstained from raising taxes. I’m a firm believer in abstinence, you know . . .”
Or: “I tried wiggling my nose, but I couldn’t change Bill Maher into a Republican.”
Or brushing off reporters after an event: “I’d love to stay and answer your questions, but I’m in a hurry to get to my next meeting. Where’s my broomstick when I really need it?”
Speaking of humor, Allahpundit sends word that Bob Dole just endorsed Christine O’Donnell.
To which my friend Jim Lakely replied: “That’s the Viagra talking.”
Ba-da-BOOM!
Comments
34 Responses to “Like Magic!”
THE FULL METAL JACKET REACH-AROUND AWARD
This spot rotates to honor those who link us in shameless obedience to Rule 2 of "How to Get a Million Hits on Your Blog."
HIT THE FREAKING TIP JAR!
Search
Recent Posts
- In The Mailbox: 10.02.24 (Evening Edition)
- How Badly Did Tim Walz Lose?
- In The Mailbox: 10.02.24 (Afternoon Edition)
- Debate: J.D. Vance Defeats Tim Walz, Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan
- In The Mailbox: 09.30.24
- Rule 5 Sunday: Loungewear.
- FMJRA 2.0: Wait Until Next Year
- Media Mourns Loss of Terrorist Leader
- In The Mailbox: 09.27.24 (Returning From The Secret City Edition)
- Sports, Politics and War: Morale Matters
Click here to manage your email subscription options.
RSS reader subscription
MEMEORANDUM
Recent Comments
- OK, who did not see this coming? | If You are Left you ain't Right on Aspiring Rapper Update
- The Club Can’t Even Handle Venezuela Right Now | vulture of critique on In The Mailbox: 07.29.24
- Goodbye, Blue Monday | Animal Magnetism on Rule 5 Sunday: Hangar Queen Double-Scoop Sunday!
- Why don’t we put violent predators away forever? | If You are Left you ain't Right on ‘Ghost’ Gets 28 Years in Federal Prison
- Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup - Pirate's Cove » Pirate's Cove on In The Mailbox: 07.26.24 (Evening Edition)
THE AMAZING GONZO FEED
Major Leagues
ADVERTISEMENT
Axis of Fedorables
- All-American Girl for the Restoration of Values
- Allergic to Bull
- Cat House Chat
- Chris Cassone
- Conservative Daily News
- DaTechGuy
- Fishersville Mike
- Girl on the Right
- Haemet
- Hogewash
- Just A Conservative Girl
- Marooned in Marin
- Paco Enterprises
- Sissy 'put moi in your blogroll' Willis
- So It Goes In Shreveport
- SWAC Girl
- The (Perhaps Slightly Less) Lonely Conservative
- The Camp of the Saints
- The World's Youngest Blogger
- Uncoverage
- VA Right
AMAZING SAVINGS NOW!
Archives
- October 2024 (5)
- September 2024 (43)
- August 2024 (55)
- July 2024 (63)
- June 2024 (59)
- May 2024 (48)
- April 2024 (43)
- March 2024 (55)
- February 2024 (46)
- January 2024 (45)
- December 2023 (53)
- November 2023 (62)
- October 2023 (57)
- September 2023 (56)
- August 2023 (53)
- July 2023 (69)
- June 2023 (67)
- May 2023 (53)
- April 2023 (60)
- March 2023 (73)
- February 2023 (65)
- January 2023 (56)
- December 2022 (60)
- November 2022 (64)
- October 2022 (58)
- September 2022 (68)
- August 2022 (75)
- July 2022 (69)
- June 2022 (73)
- May 2022 (74)
- April 2022 (57)
- March 2022 (79)
- February 2022 (65)
- January 2022 (58)
- December 2021 (62)
- November 2021 (68)
- October 2021 (73)
- September 2021 (63)
- August 2021 (60)
- July 2021 (80)
- June 2021 (64)
- May 2021 (64)
- April 2021 (58)
- March 2021 (73)
- February 2021 (57)
- January 2021 (71)
- December 2020 (77)
- November 2020 (81)
- October 2020 (84)
- September 2020 (94)
- August 2020 (75)
- July 2020 (68)
- June 2020 (83)
- May 2020 (77)
- April 2020 (65)
- March 2020 (85)
- February 2020 (94)
- January 2020 (95)
- December 2019 (88)
- November 2019 (60)
- October 2019 (113)
- September 2019 (91)
- August 2019 (91)
- July 2019 (88)
- June 2019 (80)
- May 2019 (74)
- April 2019 (97)
- March 2019 (100)
- February 2019 (85)
- January 2019 (93)
- December 2018 (90)
- November 2018 (83)
- October 2018 (96)
- September 2018 (79)
- August 2018 (107)
- July 2018 (98)
- June 2018 (86)
- May 2018 (78)
- April 2018 (78)
- March 2018 (97)
- February 2018 (61)
- January 2018 (70)
- December 2017 (62)
- November 2017 (68)
- October 2017 (67)
- September 2017 (70)
- August 2017 (68)
- July 2017 (52)
- June 2017 (60)
- May 2017 (56)
- April 2017 (80)
- March 2017 (80)
- February 2017 (102)
- January 2017 (104)
- December 2016 (65)
- November 2016 (86)
- October 2016 (77)
- September 2016 (81)
- August 2016 (66)
- July 2016 (83)
- June 2016 (81)
- May 2016 (65)
- April 2016 (64)
- March 2016 (81)
- February 2016 (74)
- January 2016 (66)
- December 2015 (64)
- November 2015 (85)
- October 2015 (71)
- September 2015 (80)
- August 2015 (67)
- July 2015 (79)
- June 2015 (69)
- May 2015 (72)
- April 2015 (94)
- March 2015 (122)
- February 2015 (71)
- January 2015 (93)
- December 2014 (99)
- November 2014 (67)
- October 2014 (109)
- September 2014 (87)
- August 2014 (106)
- July 2014 (132)
- June 2014 (154)
- May 2014 (126)
- April 2014 (145)
- March 2014 (144)
- February 2014 (142)
- January 2014 (185)
- December 2013 (192)
- November 2013 (174)
- October 2013 (175)
- September 2013 (181)
- August 2013 (172)
- July 2013 (147)
- June 2013 (135)
- May 2013 (128)
- April 2013 (105)
- March 2013 (162)
- February 2013 (191)
- January 2013 (206)
- December 2012 (190)
- November 2012 (176)
- October 2012 (240)
- September 2012 (206)
- August 2012 (235)
- July 2012 (223)
- June 2012 (161)
- May 2012 (230)
- April 2012 (269)
- March 2012 (282)
- February 2012 (247)
- January 2012 (267)
- December 2011 (285)
- November 2011 (300)
- October 2011 (302)
- September 2011 (297)
- August 2011 (288)
- July 2011 (297)
- June 2011 (245)
- May 2011 (260)
- April 2011 (344)
- March 2011 (293)
- February 2011 (201)
- January 2011 (263)
- December 2010 (265)
- November 2010 (266)
- October 2010 (305)
- September 2010 (280)
- August 2010 (272)
- July 2010 (230)
- June 2010 (244)
- May 2010 (256)
- April 2010 (222)
- March 2010 (271)
- February 2010 (286)
- January 2010 (229)
- December 2009 (21)
- October 2009 (1)
Free Agents
SHAMELESS CAPITALISM
The Other McCain is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for this blog to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
Triple-A Franchises
- All-American Blogger
- American Power
- Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler
- Athens & Jerusalem
- Barney Quick
- Bartholomew's Notes On Religion
- BatesLine
- Bear Creek Ledger
- Bearsears Patriots
- Blog de KingShamus
- Bride of Rove
- Cold Fury
- Daily Pundit
- Dr. Helen
- I Own The World
- Legal Insurrection
- Moe Lane
- No Runny Eggs
- Obi`s Sister
- Protein Wisdom
- Rhetorican
- Small Dead Animals
- The Conservatory
- The People's Cube
- The Sundries Shack
- VodkaPundit
- Vox Day
- Zilla of the Resistance
Blogroll
- 90 Miles From Tyranny
- A Conservative Shemale
- A Point of View
- Adrienne's Corner
- AmSpec Blog
- Bad Blue
- Blazing Cat Fur
- Calvin Freiburger Online
- Carol's Closet
- Catholic Bandita
- Caught Him With A Corndog
- Cecil Calvert
- Common Cents
- Conservative Hideout
- Conservative Watch News
- Conservatives for America
- Conservatives For Palin
- Crazy For Liberty
- Dad 29
- DC Damsel
- Dr. Flap
- Dyspepsia Generation
- Effing Conservatives
- Election Dissection
- Eric Reasons, IT Genius
- Eye of Polyphemus
- Finding Ponies. . .
- Free Will
- Grandpa John's
- Granite Grok
- GrEaT sAtAn"S gIrLfRiEnD
- Hoosier Access
- John William Perry
- Judicial Watch
- Jumping in Pools
- KURU Lounge
- Laughing Conservative
- Makes My Brain Itch
- Marathon Pundit
- Martin Eisenstadt's Blog
- Media Fade
- Michael Leahy
- Mister Pterodactyl
- Naked Villainy
- Nice Deb
- noot's observatory
- Not One Red Cent
- Okrahead
- Ollieander
- Pileus
- Pinup Girl
- Point of a Gun
- Political Pit Bull
- Reaganite Republican Resistance
- Red Alexandria
- Red State Eclectic
- Red, White & Conservative
- Republican Redefined
- ResCon1
- Ric's Rulez
- Ricochet
- Right of Course
- Robipedia
- Robomonkey
- Ruby Slippers Blog
- Saberpoint
- Scared Monkeys
- Sentry Journal
- SI VIS PACEM
- Skepticrats
- Smash Mouth Politics
- Sooper Mexican
- Taking Hayek Seriously
- Tel-Chai Nation
- Tequila & Javalinas
- The Aged P
- The Classic Liberal
- The Izzy Report
- The Minority Leader
- The NeoSexist
- The Nose on Your Face
- The Republican Mother
- The Right Sphere
- The Saint Angilbert Press
- The Snooper Report
- The Underground Conservative
- Thunder Tales
- Tom McLaughlin
- Tory Anarchist
- TrogloPundit
- Vets On The Watch
- Watcher of Weasels
- Western Experience
- World's Only Rational Man
- WyBlog
- Yankee Phil
- Zingstrom's Blog
September 24th, 2010 @ 10:09 pm
http://instantrimshot.com/classic/?sound=rimshot
September 24th, 2010 @ 10:17 pm
How about: Unlike Pelosi, they spell it with a W.
September 25th, 2010 @ 12:12 am
Mark Steyn, had a similar line with his comeback essay
September 25th, 2010 @ 12:59 am
The sad thing is that for the GOP it’s just musical chairs.
Tom Doheny, DE GOP Communications Chair, “After a hard-fought campaign, I have decided to move on to a new opportunity working for the Republican Party of Pennsylvania,” Thanks DE, now PA has the rotten apple. http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/eyeon2010/2010/09/delaware-gop-staffer-leaves-st.html
September 25th, 2010 @ 1:17 am
TR Sterling ~ After the botch the state party made of the handling of the primary & aftermath, why would anyone want their “Communications Chair” for anything beyond emptying the wastebaskets? Or, is that what he is doing?
Dole’s endorsement is a big help. Conservatives may have mixed emotions about the guy, but Party “establishment” types like most Castle supporters revere the guy.
The more I think about it, the more Allahpundit may have it right (you have no idea how much it pains me to say that) that a Castle write-in effort could help O’Donnell more than his endorsement. My only consolation is that he got the idea from some Delaware politicos. Of course, Allah’s last original thought had to do with Ace, a studded vibrator, and a tube of raspberry-flavored lube.
September 25th, 2010 @ 1:24 am
Look, whatever Christine O’Donnell did on an altar after midnight years ago is her business. But thinking about it is still more appealing than the idea of some bald guy raising taxes and redistributing a bunch of people’s hard earned wealth.
September 25th, 2010 @ 1:50 am
Somewhat off-topic, but did you know that our hero from early this year, Doug Hoffman in NY-23, lost fair and square in the GOP primary this time – and now HE is running as an independent to split the vote and keep the seat in Democratic hands.
Turns out Dede isn’t the only douchebag in NY-23.
September 25th, 2010 @ 2:34 am
Re: Doug Hoffman in NY-23…
LMAO!
LMAO!
LMAO!
PS. I thought RSM told me “only RINO’s run on a third party/independent ticket!”(paraphrase)
PPS. What about Tom Tancredo??
RSM, what are you afraid of to not even cover these men on your blog, you disingenuous piece of crap…
September 25th, 2010 @ 3:28 am
A musical reply to waylay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA_H6C8iLPA
September 25th, 2010 @ 3:42 am
waylay/gg,
Go fuck yourself.
September 25th, 2010 @ 9:42 am
@Waylay
The situation in NY-23 is unique. In 2009, Hoffman ran on the Conservative Party line against the Republican Scozzafava and the Democrat Owens, and would have won, had not Scozzafava endorsed the Democrat, Owens. Going into 2010, the Conservative Party announced that Hoffman would retain its endorsement. A rich establishment Republican, Matt Doheny, spent more than $1 million of his own money to buy the GOP nomination — despite repeated warnings from Conservative Party officials that if Republicans nominated anyone but Hoffman, this would create a 3-way race. Ergo, it was Doheny who was playing “spoiler” in this campaign. Doheny managed to win the GOP nomination by about 700 votes and will lose in November.
It’s very simple: In closely-contested elections in New York, Republicans can’t win if their candidate doesn’t also have the Conservative line. Doheny’s vanity candidacy has therefore probably destroyed any hope of Republicans winning back NY-23.
BTW, this situation helps demonstrate the absurdity of our campaign finance regulations. Under current law, Doheny could have given no more than $2,400 to any one candidate, and no more than $115,000 to all candidates and PACs combined. Yet he can spend an unlimited amount on one candidate: Himself.
September 25th, 2010 @ 10:31 am
RSM writes…
“Going into 2010, the Conservative Party announced that Hoffman would retain its endorsement.”
“Ergo, it was Doheny who was playing “spoiler” in this campaign.”
The same Conservative party endorsed and nominated Rick Lazio for the NY governor race. But in this case Lazio is the spoiler, not Paladino.
To use Estragon’s phrase, “turns out GOP isn’t the only douchebag party in NY-23.”
And speaking of throwing millions to buy off nominations, its perfectly fine for Meg Whitman, Steve Poizner and Carly Fiorina but not so much for John McCain and Matt Doheny.
Its clear where your loyalties are but there isn’t much clarity in your arguments.
September 25th, 2010 @ 10:48 am
Try to find something humorous to say about the latest revelation about your newest object of conservative reverence:
Bill Maher’s New Clip Of O’Donnell: ‘Why Aren’t Monkeys Still Evolving Into Humans?’
Is this the creationist dumb nut making stupid arguments about basic biology you want to enthusiastically support and see as your senator?
God have mercy.
September 25th, 2010 @ 11:04 am
BTW, a must read for all those (like Dan Riehl) who are fetishising over the GOP Pledge to America:
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_09/025823.php
Krugman’s incisive take, just the facts, and a simply brilliant Homer Simpson analogy…
PS. Sorry to distract, but you keep coming up with blanket humour though as your last line of defense against O’Donnell’s stupidity, immature faith and nutty beliefs.
September 25th, 2010 @ 12:44 pm
This was the line from Steyn;
http://www.steynonline.com/content/view/3505/26/
September 25th, 2010 @ 8:14 pm
Maher has it coming out, I have it on goooood authority, that ODonnell actually sacrificed babies o that alter, after having sex with Satan and a Sith Lordback in 1978. Who could doubt Bill M?
September 25th, 2010 @ 11:26 pm
“Christine O’Donnell could make some of this stuff work for her.”
What’re the odds of getting Melissa Joan Hart to campaign for her? 😉